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Nicole Malliotakis, the Republican candidate for NYC mayor, raised more money than incumbent Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio did in late September, according to information submitted to the New York City Campaign Finance Board.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
All but two Republican incumbents were re-elected, while more than 50 Democratic incumbents met their political maker.
The prize for the most cash spent per vote goes to losing state Senate challenger Isaac Sasson — one of two candidates who unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Queens Democratic Sen. Toby Stavisky, each dropping more than $ 100,000 of his own money on the race.
The campaign for Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino has raised $ 3.4 million in the past six months, but that's significantly less than the $ 8.5 million taken in during that time by Democratic incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Republican House candidate Maggie Brooks says she's raised more than $ 521,000 in the second funraising quarter, a figure that is sure to keep her competitive with Democratic incumbent Rep. Louise Slaughter.
The site's raison d'être is to highlight incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer's upbraiding of an Army general for repeatedly referring to her by the female honorific rather than as «Senator» during a hearing — pretty thin gruel for a scandal, though not Boxer's best moment as an elected official.
Democratic challengers to California Rep. Darrell Issa raised more money combined than the Republican incumbent in the third quarter.
Voters in these 2012 battleground districts are no more favorable toward their incumbents than voters in Democratic - held districts were toward theirs in 2010.
By less than 5,000 votes, he defeated Ceretto, a three - term incumbent who switched party affiliation from the GOP to Democratic in the summer of 2015.
As was the case with general primary competition, incumbent competitiveness was higher within the Republican Party than it was in the Democratic Party.
Incumbent NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, polling ahead of all rivals by double digits and raising millions more than all challengers combined, squared off in a debate last night with Sal Albanese, his main but long shot rival for the Democratic mayoral nomination.
It was a little closer than polls predicted, but by the end of the night, incumbent Byron Brown, unofficially, had come away with a decisive 15 point victory in the Democratic primary for Buffalo mayor.
Also, some Democratic incumbents, such as New York's Dan Maffei, are in much closer races than anticipated.
Less than two hours after Assemblyman Rory Lancman dropped his Congressional campaign to avoid challenging incumbent Representative Gary Ackerman in the Democratic primary, Mr. Ackerman himself pulled out of the race by releasing the following statement:
Although the difference is marginal, the Republican Party took more of a hit from term limits in the 2012 state legislative elections than the Democratic Party, both in terms of how many individual incumbent legislators the Republican Party lost (120, versus 119 for the Democratic Party) and in terms of how many state legislative chambers lost more Republicans (12, versus 10 for the Democratic Party).
After a tumultuous week, in which House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary, here is a look at the financial side of the races to watch in less than two weeks: Incumbents in Primary Trouble New York's 13 District Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel is in the political fight of his life.
Sixteen Republican incumbents in competitive races raised less than their Democratic challengers during the third quarter.
, who has raised more than $ 25 million for the committee, Democratic incumbents and challengers so far this cycle.
The Republican Party is took more of a hit from term limits in the 2010 state legislative elections than the Democratic Party, both in terms of how many individual incumbent legislators the Republican Party is losing (190, versus 182 for the Democratic Party) and in terms of how many state legislative chambers lost more Republicans (13, versus 10 for the Democratic Party).
What that suggests is that the gap in online support is really more about the type of candidates on offer, and not just a sign of Republican challengers en masse doing better than Democratic incumbents.
On the Republican side, incumbents in toss - up or hotly competitive races tended to raise more money than their Democratic challengers.
After scoring a better - than - expected 40 percent against a better funded Democratic incumbent, Republican Rob Astorino left the door open last night to running again in 2018.
The three - term incumbent Brown has a more than a 2 - 1 lead over his closest competitor in September's Democratic primary for Buffalo mayor.
With votes still to be tallied in a close race, Foley said he more than likely lost to incumbent Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy in the general election, but would not concede the race until all the votes were counted.
Even in 2010, the year Malliotakis first took elected office by beating the Democratic incumbent, her total vote tally was 52.2 percent (13,944 votes out of 26,705), marginally less than the 55 percent she claims on her website.
Although at the end of last night 14th district City Council candidate Fernando Cabrera had 90 more votes than the incumbent, Maria Baez, Cabrera is not officially the Democratic primary winner.
The Nassau County seat now held by Republican Sen. Jack Martins has a Democratic enrollment advantage and has been a top target for Democrats since Martins beat the Democratic incumbent, Craig Johnson, by less than 500 votes in 2010.
Ben Franklin Democratic Club Endorses State Senator Jeff Klein By Robert Press In a much more civil endorsement meeting at the Ben Franklin Democratic Club of Riverdale than his last primary challenge incumbent Democratic State Senator Jeff Klein received the -LSB-...]
In the state comptroller's race, Democratic incumbent Tom DiNapoli has a two - to - one lead over his GOP challenger, Harry Wilson, but nearly two - thirds of voters still have no opinion about DiNapoli despite the fact that he's spent more than three years in office.
Incumbent Rob Astorino, a friend of Trump supported by more Mercer PAC money than any candidate in the state, got wiped out by Democratic challenger George Latimer, who had represented District 37.
Hawkins is challenging Democratic incumbent Marty Masterpole in what has become a contentious race for a lower - profile office than what Hawkins is used to.
A Fordham Law School professor who lives in Clinton in Dutchess County, Teachout surprised many when she carried Ulster County and captured more than a third of the statewide vote when running against incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Democratic incumbent, leads the pack with more than $ 2.5 million in his campaign account, while those seeking to unseat him — Democrats, Republicans, and others alike — lag behind in terms of cash - on - hand.
With less than a month to go before the Democratic primary, Albany County DA David Soares has $ 2,000 more in campaign funds than challenger Lee Kindlon — the incumbent's first lead in the race.
Early unofficial numbers indicated incumbent Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren held more than 60 percent of the vote in last night's Democratic primary.
ALBANY — With less than a month to go before the Democratic primary, District Attorney David Soares has $ 2,000 more in campaign funds than challenger Lee Kindlon — the incumbent's first lead in the race.
We are closer in the polls to the Republican candidate, Rob Astorino, than he is to the Democratic incumbent, Andrew Cuomo.
In that race, Democratic challenger Tom Perriello was certified the winner over incumbent Republican Rep. Virgil Goode, but the margin - less than 800 votes - was close enough for Goode to request a recount under state law.
With over half the votes counted, the Republican incumbent led Democratic challenger Mike Derrick by more than 63,000 votes.
The latest Quinnipiac University poll on the Connecticut Governor's race finds more voters say Republican challenger Tom Foley would do a better job on the economy than Democratic incumbent Dannel Malloy.
Teachout won 34 percent of the vote in Tuesday's Democratic primary, a better - than - expected showing against a well - known incumbent who had the backing of the state's Democratic Party apparatus and heavyweights like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Hillary Clinton.
The Republican Party had more members impacted by term limits in the 2010 state legislative elections than the Democratic Party, both in terms of how many individual incumbent legislators the Republican Party lost (190, versus 182 for the Democratic Party) and in terms of how many state legislative chambers lost more Republicans (13, versus 10 for the Democratic Party).
As of Election Day, first - term incumbent Republican supervisor Marybeth Majestic had been ahead of Democratic challenger Lisa Lindsley by a slim margin of 22 votes, with more than 100 absentee ballots still outstanding.
In contrast to their one - on - one televised debates, which have consisted largely of Stringer alluding to the «black socks» prostitution scandal that ended Spitzer's career as governor (and Spitzer countering by pointing to the array of entrenched financial interests who along with Lena Dunham are backing his opponent), the candidates used this forum (co-hosted by Democracy for NYC, Living Liberally, and ACT NOW) to fill out their visions for how the office might be more of a progressive force than it has been under incumbent John Liu, the longshot Democratic mayoral hopeful.
Harris still enjoys the support of party leaders: The Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee has spent more money on her behalf than all but two of the state's incumbents with primary challengers.
More than a year out from Election Day 2016, Republican incumbents and GOP - aligned outside groups have shelled out at least $ 13.3 million to boost their re-election prospects and attack potential Democratic challengers in Senate contests across the map.
In a lopsided victory, the incumbent Sampson — who is accused of with stealing more than $ 400,000 in home foreclosure sales and tampering with an FBI investigation, among other charges — garnered 3,000 votes more than his closest challenger to take 54.2 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary for the 19th Senate district.
The Democratic opponent of Republican Sen. Kemp Hannon is criticizing him after the main hospital lobbying group in New York poured more than $ 115,000 into a super PAC in support of the incumbent's campaign.
The party received fewer votes than the American Labor Party ticket, a Socialist Party splinter group, which endorsed Democratic incumbent Gov. Herbert Lehman who went on to win the election.
Similarly, GOP businessman Stewart Mills and former Rep. Nan Hayworth raised more than their Democratic incumbent rivals in the second quarter, Reps. Rick Nolan of Minnesota and Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, in part by self - funding.